Fish-cutting table.



No. 692,866.' v v Patented Fab. ll, I902.

' E. M LAWRENCE.

FISH CUTTING TABLE.

(Application filed Oct. 24, 1901.) (IloModeL) fru: NORRIS PETERS 00.. Pnufoul'wa. WASKINGYON, n. c.

paratus,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD M. LAWRENCE, OF LUBEO, MAINE.

FISH-CUTTING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,866, dated February 11, 1902. Application filed October 24, 1901. fierial No. 79,779. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. LAWRENCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lubec, in the county of Washington and State of Maine, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Fish-Cutting Tables and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same;

My invention relates to'improvements' in fish-cutting tables.

In the preparation of small fish forcanning it is necessary to cut off the heads, and where canning is done on a large scale it becomes an important matter to arrange the cuttingtable so as to be convenient for the cutter, both as respects the placing of the fish to be cut with reference to the cutting-block and the disposition of the fish and waste.

The object of the present invention is to provide a structure which shall be specially adapted to these purposes.

In the drawing herewith accompanying and making a part of this application the figure shows an isometric View of my improved apparts being broken out to show. the interior.

In the drawing I have shown two tables,

the waste-troughs delivering into asecond trough common to both of them. Other than this the two tables are substantially duplicates, and the description of one will apply equally to the other.

i In said drawing,'A represents a receptacle for the fi'sh to be out.

rest'upon a shelf or platform G. The inclination of the walls should be sufficient to insure the fish heads and waste falling into the trough by the action of gravity. The trough inclines sufficiently so that the waterint'roduced from a supply-pipe H at-the higher end will convey the waste down the troughs On either side of this. receptacle is a cutting-block B. If desired,

in presence of two witnesses,

and into a tank I, located at the end of the trough. This tank has perforations J to allow water to drain out, and buckets L on an endless carrier K take up the solid matter from said tank and transfer it to some place of deposit.

The operation of my improved apparatus is as follows: The fishare placed upon the platform or receptacle. The cutters, standing in front of the chutes,- sever the heads from the bodies upon the block, scrape the waste into the chute, whence it falls into the trough below, and the bodies into the" boxes at the sides of the chutes. The water conveys the waste down thetrough and discharges it into the perforated tank at the end of the trough, and the buckets convey it to barrels or boxes or'compost heaps, as the case may be.- Any number of tables maybe arranged to discharge the waste into a common trough, and the cutting-blocks may be arranged on one or both sides ofthe receptacle for the uncut fish and still be within the scope and spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention and its use, I claim- 1. In a fish-cutting table, a suitable receptacle for the uncut fish, a cutting-block at the side. thereof, an inclined trough beneath the table, converging walls extending from the table to the trough, chutes extending from points adjacent to the cutting-table to said inclined walls and means for introducing water into the higher'end of said trough, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. v

2. In a fish-cutting table, a suitable receptacle for the uncut fish, a cutting-block at the side thereof, an inclined trough beneath the table, convergingcwalls extending from the table to the trough, chutes extending from points adjacent tothe table to said inclined .walls, means for introducing Water into the higher end of said trough, a perforated tank at the end of said trough and an endless carrier with buckets .to convey the solid matter from said tank, substantially as and for the purposes set forth; V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, this 19th day of October, 1901.

- EDWARD M. LAWRENCE. In presence of- MILLARD REYNOLDS, FRANK H. WIswELL. 

